QUALITY OF LIFE OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

2016 ◽

pp. 497-523

Author(s):

Jan Balata ◽

Zdenek Mikovec ◽

Pavel Slavik ◽

Miroslav Macik

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

User Interface ◽

Navigation System ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Game Mechanics ◽

Impaired Person ◽

Game Elements ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

This chapter shows how elements of gamification, i.e. game thinking and game mechanics, can be integrated into a collaborative navigation system for visually impaired persons in order encourage them to travel independently and thus improve their quality of life and self-confidence. The system supports independent navigation in unknown places by mediating help from another visually impaired person, who is familiar with the particular place. Our system utilizes a thermal user interface to introduce an additional communication channel and thus to increase the usability of the system. The system has been successfully enhanced by game elements and illustrates the potential of introducing game elements into these systems.

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Daily activities of employed persons with visual impairment

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17532/jhsci.2020.893 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Amila Jaganjac ◽

Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović ◽

Bakir Katana ◽

Namik Trtak ◽

Eldad Kaljić ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Visual Impairment ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Survey Method ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

Introduction: The challenges faced by visually impaired people in their efforts to integrate themselves into the labor market and the general position of persons with disabilities, regarding their employment and social security, is extremely difficult. Employment is the best safeguard against social exclusion and one of the main ways to achieve a full involvement in the society of the visually impaired people.Methods: The research was conducted on a sample of 25 visually impaired people employed at “TMP” d.o.o. Sarajevo. The study was used as a cross-sectional survey method wherein data were collected through appropriate survey instruments, using a modified survey questionnaire.Results: Out of the total number of respondents, 48% are male and 52% are female. The majority of respondents use other persons’ assistance when moving (n = 16). The largest number of respondents had 100% visual impairment (n = 17). The majority of subjects have no strenuous physical activity. The largest number of respondents during the previous week walked for at least 10 minutes, in the sequence of all 7 days and was driven in motor vehicles. When doing household chores, 56% of respondents said they had no difficulty. The most common difficulties in recreation, sports and physical activity in leisure time, that were encountered by 32% of respondents, are poor sound signalling and difficulties of visual nature, though 68% of respondents said that they had no difficulty in their recreational activities.Conclusion: The daily activities of employed visually impaired persons have a positive impact on their quality of life. Various are occupations of visually impaired people that improve their quality of life.

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Visual Handicap in the Aged: Self-Reported Visual Disability and the Quality of Life of Residents of Public Housing for the Elderly

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x8608000207 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 80 (2) ◽

pp. 588-590

Author(s):

Arthur E. Gillman ◽

Arnold Simmel ◽

Ellen Perlman Simon

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

General Population ◽

Public Housing ◽

Elderly People ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

The Elderly ◽

Visual Disability ◽

Housing For The Elderly ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

Declining vision adds to the frustrations and deprivations which make the life of the elderly difficult. This opinion is supported by the experience of clinicians and other providers of services to the visually impaired. However, there is little systematic information available about those elderly visually impaired persons who do not come to clinicians and social agencies for help. Our aim is to describe how reduced vision affects a part of the general population of elderly people.

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Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations: Proceedings of the Fifth World Professional Forum «Crimea-2019» (Sudak, June 8–16, 2019) ◽

10.33186/978-5-85638-223-4-2020-162-168 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Olga Novikova ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Information Space ◽

Advanced Training ◽

Improve Quality ◽

Visually Impaired People ◽

Impaired People ◽

Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

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Differences in self-rated versus parent proxy-rated vision-related quality of life and functional vision of visually impaired children

American Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.1016/j.ajo.2021.05.017 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alexandra O Robertson ◽

Valerija Tadić ◽

Lisanne A. Horvat-Gitsels ◽

Mario Cortina-Borja ◽

Jugnoo S Rahi

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Related Quality ◽

Functional Vision ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Visually Impaired Children ◽

Parent Proxy

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Visual Impairment is Not Blindness

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x7106501006 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 65 (10) ◽

pp. 334-336

Author(s):

Benjamin Wolf

Keyword(s):

Visual Impairment ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

Essential Difference ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Functional Potential ◽

Blind Persons ◽

Partially Sighted ◽

Visually Impaired Persons

□ Visual impairment is not necessarily blindness and the requirements of visually impaired persons are in many ways significantly different from those of blind persons. All too often agencies for the blind have not distinguished between these different requirements in providing services. The essential difference is that blind persons must rely on their other senses in order to function, while partially sighted persons must be helped to use whatever vision they have in coordination with their other senses. In providing services to partially sighted persons, the following basic principles should be considered: 1) Full service requires the cooperation of medical, physical, and behavioral specialists; 2) Services for partially sighted clients should be individualized on the basis of their differences in degree and quality of sight; 3) Whatever vision the client has should be augmented or strengthened through either mechanical or physical means; and 4) Clients should be helped to enhance their perception to its maximum functional potential.

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